Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Families Bombycidae, Crambidae - Pyralidae, Erebidae
Crambidae - - Pyralidae
(grass moths) in many older classifications have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae (pyralid moths, snout moths).
Bombycidae
The best-known species of Bombycidae is Bombyx mori, or silkworm, native to China and domesticated for millennia.
Erebidae
It is the largest families of moths by species. The sizes of the adults range from the bigger of all moths (127 mm wingspan of Ascalapha odorata) to the smallest of the macromoths (6 mm of Micronoctuini).
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Families Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Limacodidae,Noctuidae
Geometridae
From the Ancient Greek geo (the earth), and metron (measure) in reference to the way their larvae appear to "measure the earth" as they move along in a looping fashion. They are the largest family of Lepidoptera, after Erebidae.
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Families Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae
Hesperiidae
(grass moths) in many older classifications have been treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae (pyralid moths, snout moths).
Lasiocampidae
The scientific name is from the Greek lasio (wooly) and campa (caterpillar), the common English name "eggars" comes from the egg-shaped cocoons of some species.
Noctuidae
Their common name is "owlet" and Noctua is actually the Latin name for the little owl. They are also called "armyworms" and "cutworms", for the behavior of the larvae, which can occur in destructive swarms and cut the stems of plants.
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up and used for sensory purposes.
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae), They are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. Many lycaenids associate with ants, in a mutualistic, parasitic, or predatory way depending on the species.
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Riodinidae
Papilionidae
Among Swallowtail family there are the largest butterflies in the world, the wingspan of the genus Ornithoptera being up to 31 cm. Linnaeus chose the name Papilio for the type genus, as papilio is just the Latin for "butterfly
Pieridae
Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots. A typical Italian name given to the genus Pieris is Cavolaia (Cabbage butterfly).
Riodinidae
The common name of Riodinidae, "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings.
Sphingidae
They are also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”. They are also distinguished for their sustained flying ability, similar to that of hummingbirds.
Saturniidae
The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world (up to 30 cm) , including the emperor moths, royal moths, and giant silk moths.
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight.
Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Families Pterophoridae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Zygaenidae
Zygaenidae
They generally have a metallic sheen and often prominent spots of red or yellow. Bright colours are a warning to predators that these moths are distasteful.
In Butterflies and Moths, the scales are modified, flattened "hairs", and give them their wide variety of colors and patterns. Lepidoptera play an important role in the natural ecosystem as pollinators in the food chain Larvae are the caterpillars, with 3 pairs of legs. as the adults, and from 2 to 5 prolegs. If we meet a caterpillar with more of 5 prolegs, probably it is a Sawfly, Order Hymenoptera, Suborder:Symphyta.
Order Lepidoptera Ancient Greek lepís = scale + pteron = wing
complete metamorphosis
126 families, 180,000 described species
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Limacodidae
They are small and, hairy, and are called slug moths as their caterpillars resemble to slugs, and also cup moths because of the shape of their cocoons.
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.jpg "Amathusia phidippus")
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.jpg "Gonepteryx rhamni")
.jpg "Acherontia atropos, larva")
.jpg "Daphnis nerii")
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.JPG "Adscita alpina")
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